Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to social bookmarking and provide a method, system and computer program product for tag syndicates in a social bookmarking system. In an embodiment of the invention, a tag syndicate method can be provided. The method can include establishing different tag syndicates, each tag syndicate providing a specified set of users of a social bookmarking system. The method further can include selecting at least one tag syndicate for use in conducting a content operation, and performing a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected tag syndicate or syndicates. In this regard, the content operation can be a visible operation such as a type ahead operation, or a logical operation such as sorting content search results.
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1. A tag syndicate method comprising: establishing different tag syndicates, each tag syndicate comprising a specified set of users of a social bookmarking system executing in memory of a host server; selecting at least one tag syndicate for use in conducting a content operation; and, performing a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises performing a visible operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises performing a logical operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing a visible operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises performing a type ahead operation utilizing tags from the selected at least one tag syndicate.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing a logical operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises sorting search results according to tags from the selected at least one tag syndicate.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing a logical operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises filtering search results according to tags from the selected at least one tag syndicate.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recommending tags to users of the at least one tag syndicate.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing a temporary syndicate for use in performing the content operation based upon users of the social bookmarking system produced through a query of user characteristics.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sharing individual ones of the tag syndicates with other users of the social bookmarking system.
10. A social bookmarking data processing system comprising: a social bookmarking system executing in memory by at least one processor of a host server and configured for coupling to a plurality of content browsers over a computer communications network; a data store of tags associated with different users of the social bookmarking system, the data store of tags being accessible by the social bookmarking system; and, tag syndicated logic comprising program code enabled to establish different tag syndicates, each comprising a specified set of the users, to select at least one tag syndicate for use in conducting a content operation, and to perform a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the content operation is a type ahead operation.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the content operation is a sort operation for content search results.
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the content operation is a filter operation on content search results.
14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium embodying computer usable program code for tag syndicate, the computer program product comprising: computer usable program code for establishing different tag syndicates, each tag syndicate comprising a specified set of users of a social bookmarking system; computer usable program code for selecting at least one tag syndicate for use in conducting a content operation; and, computer usable program code for performing a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate.
15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the computer usable program code for performing a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises computer usable program code for performing a visible operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate.
16. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the computer usable program code for performing a content operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises computer usable program code for performing a logical operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate.
17. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the computer usable program code for performing a visible operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises computer usable program code for performing a type ahead operation utilizing tags from the selected at least one tag syndicate.
18. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the computer usable program code for performing a logical operation utilizing the social bookmarking system based upon the selected at least one tag syndicate, comprises computer usable program code for sorting search results according to tags from the selected at least one tag syndicate.
19. The computer program product of claim 14 , further comprising computer usable program code for recommending tags to users of the at least one tag syndicate.
20. The computer program product of claim 14 , further comprising computer usable program code for establishing a temporary syndicate for use in performing the content operation based upon users of the social bookmarking system produced through a query of user characteristics.
21. The computer program product of claim 14 , further comprising computer usable program code for sharing individual ones of the tag syndicates with other users of the social bookmarking system.
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